Safety guard for razors



July 10, 1923.

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2 Sheets$heet 1 July 10,1923. 1.461.490

A. M ANULTY SAFETY GUARD FOR RAZORS Filed Feb. 28. 1921 2 Sheets-Shem 2Patented July '10, 1923.

smear F Application filed February as,- 1a2i5- s amnsa1sj- To all mam-amay. concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW MCANULTY, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at Ottawa, county of Carleton, and Province of Ontario,Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SafetyGuards for Razors, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

My invention relatesto safety guards for razors of the common type andaims to devise a guard that is a part of the complete razor which isreadily and expeditiously attached and detached from the blade either onthe left or the right thereof.

My razor guard consists of a guard pivoted to the handle with the tangof the razor. I prefer to provide two guards one on each side of therazor, each one capable of adjustment on the blade independently as therazor is used either with the left or right hand.

In the drawing wherein similar figures indicate the same parts in theseveral views:

Figure 1 shows a razor with the guards extended. I I

Fig. 2 shows one guard attached to the blade and the other locked in thehandle.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the razor blade showing the guard fasteningdevice connected thereto.

Fig. 4. shows a razor blade with a guard attached in the reverse side.

Fig. 5 shows the means for locking the guard in the blade handle.

Referring to Fig. 1, Ais the razor blade. B is the handle. G and D arethe guards. The handle B is made in halves the outer end being rivetedto a spacer 1, The inner end is riveted on each side of the razor tangover the guards C, D. As both guards are of similar construction oneonly will be described. The guard D is pivoted at E with the razorblade. The extension 2 is made nearly the length of the razor tang andis provided with a back piece 3 bent at an angle thereto.

This piece serves to limit the closing of the guard into the handle byengaging the same as shown in Fig. 5. The shape of the guard ispreferably as shown, but other contours may be used and be as effective,but in all instances the guard should project past the edge of theblade, the extent of this proj ecting being limited by a lug 4. In orderto attach the outer end of the guard to the guard at 6. The latch ismade with two lugs 7 and 8. 7 is notched at 9. Both lugs are bent atright angles to the body of the latch. Lug 7 fixes the lateral positionand lug 8 in conjunction with lug 4: looks the guard to the bladeagainst radial movement. As only one guard is used at a time, it becomesessential to lock the other into the handle in a secure manner. For thatpurpose the spacer 1 has a back notch 11 and a top notch 10. The lowerside ofnotch 11 is razor blade, I provide'a latch pivotedtothe made tosupport the edge of the guard and j the notch, itself serves to receivelug 7 of latch 5. Notch 10 receives lug 9 of the same latch as shown.

The part 12 of spacer 1 is of less thickness than the main part thereofin order to allow the projection 13 of latch 5 to be inserted betweenthe handle and the part 12 so as to maintain the guard close to thehandle in order not to obstruct the razor blade when closing the same.

The lug l of the guard aside from limits ing the projection of the guardpast the edge of the blade as previously explained serves also as a stopto limit the entrance of the blade into the handle, the tang of therazor blade restingon this lug when the blade is closed so as to preventthe end of the blade to come in contact with the extension of t espacer.

What I claim is: 1. In a razor of the class described having a safetyguard pivotally attached to the blade, means for holding the said guardon the blade comprising a stop integral therewith and resting on-therazor tang, and a latch attached to said guard and provided with stopmeans to rest on the back of the razor and locking means to hold thesaid guard distant from said razor.

In a razor-of the class described, a guard pivoted to the blade, stopmeans car-v ried by said guard to position the edge thereof a requireddistanceparallel with the edge of the blade, positioning means 'attachedto the guard to position the same laterally of said blade and to co-actwith the stop means on the guard to prevent radial movement of saidguard.

3. In a safety razor of the class described, a'razor handle, a spacer'for the outer end thereof havinga back notch and a top notch, a razor bade an a gua coiacident y p oted to the opposite end of said handle, alocking latch attached to said guard and means on said latch servingztolockithesame indifferently to the handle or to the blade.

4. In a safety razor of the class described, a handle formed of halvesseparated at one end by a spacer and at the opposite end by the tang ofthe razor, a guard pivoted with the tang, resting inside and againstone-half of the handle, a lug 4 integral With said guard acting as astop to limit the entrance of the razor blade in thehandle.

,5. In asafetyrazor ofithe class ;described, a handle formed of halvesseparated at one end by a. spacer and at the opposite end by 'the'tangof the razor and "the safety guards,

a back piece 3 bent at an angle to the guard so as to engage the handleand keep the guard close to the-said handle.

ANDREW .M'QANULTY.=

